While still in high school YOO Yeon-seok had the chance to portray YU Ji-tae’s younger character in the seminal PARK Chan-wook film Oldboy (2003). Following his studies at Sejon University he returned to acting, first in TV dramas but he quickly got his chance on the big screen again and it wasn’t long before he made a name for himself in both independent and commercial fare. 2011 saw him take on the role of a young man looking for his adopted son in the critical darling ... expand

While still in high school YOO Yeon-seok had the chance to portray YU Ji-tae’s younger character in the seminal PARK Chan-wook film Oldboy (2003). Following his studies at Sejon University he returned to acting, first in TV dramas but he quickly got his chance on the big screen again and it wasn’t long before he made a name for himself in both independent and commercial fare. 2011 saw him take on the role of a young man looking for his adopted son in the critical darling Re-encounter. More arthouse fare followed with Moscow that same year and Eighteen, Nineteen and Two Weddings and a Funeral in the next. 2012 was also the year that he became more well-known as he took on prominent roles in a number of more commercial features such as Horror Stories and the enormously successful melodramas Architecture 101 and A Werewolf Boy. YOO was next be seen opposite KIM In-gwon in the comedy Born to Sing. The same year he appeared in JANG Joon-hwan’s thriller <Hwayi: A Monster Boy> at the end of 2014 he starred as the king in LEE Won-suk’s <The Royal Tailor>, as well as a researcher who blows the lid off a case of stem cell fraud in YIM Soon-rye’s <The Whistleblower>. Next for YOO were the drama thriller <Perfect Proposal>, the romance <Mood of the Day> and a cameo in the high concept romcom <The Beauty Inside>. close

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